Development and modeling of electrically triggered hydrogels for microfluidic applications

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1198-1207

  Bassetti, Michael J ^a   Chatterjee, Aveek N ^b   Aluru, N R ^b   Beebe, David J ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Electric field; Electrically triggered hydrogel; Hydrogel; Microfluidics; Valve

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FLUIDICS; HYDROGELS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROACTUATORS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POISSON EQUATION; REACTION KINETICS; SWELLING;

ELECTRICALLY TRIGGERED HYDROGELS; LIQUID PHASE PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL EQUATIONS; MICROFLUIDICS; NERNST-PLANCK EQUATION;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 27644547076     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2005.845407     Document Type: Article

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